105,800 HKD
“The Tiger Attack” Edouard Juvet, Fleurier, the enamel attributed to P. -Amédée Champod, made for the Chinese market, circa 1870. Very fine, gilt silver and painted on enamel, large pearl-set centerseconds pocket watch. Three-body, “Empire”, the back painted on enamel with a tiger attacking ahunting party in a howdah upon an elephant, pearl-set bezels, pendant andbow. Glazedcuvette. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions andArabic 15-minute numerals. Gold “ovoid” hands. 47 mm (21’’’), engraved gilt "Chinese" caliber, free-standing barrel,counterpoised lateral lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensationbalance, blued steel flat balance spring, diamond endstone, index regulator.Dial, and movement signed. Diam. 56 mm Notes A very similar watch decorated by Champod with a tiger fighting an elephant is illustrated in Chapuis’ “La Montre Chinoise” on the color plate following page 192, strongly suggesting that the enamel of this watch was painted by the same artist, P.-Amédée Champod (1834-1913). Another example depicting a serpent attacking an elephant was sold by Antiquorum, Hong Kong, Important Watches Collector's Wristwatches and Clocks, 20-02-2005, and a further example depicting a lion attack was sold by Antiquorum, Hong Kong, Important Watches, Collector's Wristwatches and Clocks, 06-06-2004. P.-Amédée Champod Along with John Graff, Champod was one of the most celebrated enamel painters of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, specializing i
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2005-07-10
